MPH5207 Chronic disease: Epidemiology and prevention
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
MPH5207 Chronic disease: Epidemiology and prevention is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2025 in Semester 1 at Alfred Hospital. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 1
- Alfred Hospital
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before MPH5207
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After MPH5207
No unit lists MPH5207 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Corequisite: Must be enrolled in a Postgraduate degree
Prerequisite: All other courses-MPH5040 and MPH5041
Corequisite: M4028 Graduate Certificate of Epidemiology students must be enrolled in MPH5040 and MPH5041
Equivalent units
The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
Overview
Chronic non-communicable diseases represent a major global public health challenge. They affect lives of people, their families and communities. This unit provides learners with an overview of surveillance of chronic diseases, social determinants of and risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases. Learners will discuss epidemiology and strategies for prevention of major chronic disease groups impacting Australia including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, respiratory disease, musculoskeletal disorders, mental illness and injury. Learners will gain practical skills for describing the epidemiology and burden of chronic diseases, assessing risk factors and analysing strategies for chronic disease prevention.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Alfred Hospital | Flx blk |
Assessment
- Critical reflections (2,400 words)WrittenThreshold hurdle40%
- Research poster (600 words)Artefact20%
- Essay (2,400 words)Written40%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Describe the epidemiology and burden of chronic diseases in Australia
- 2
Evaluate methods to measure the health impact of chronic diseases
- 3
Assess risk factors and causal pathways leading to important chronic diseases.
- 4
Examine the influence of social and economic factors on chronic diseases
- 5
Analyse strategies for the public health control of chronic diseases.
- 6
Evaluate the role of public health evidence in the control of chronic diseases.
Workload and teaching
- Workshops24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
6 hours of teacher-directed learning activities per week, and 6 hours of self-directed study per week, plus 2 on-campus Block Days.
For full details of the teaching approach to this unit, please refer to Moodle.
Learning resources
Required resources
See Moodle for details about required resources.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Danijela Gasevic
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Danijela Gasevic
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for MPH5207?
MPH5207 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is MPH5207 offered?
In 2025, MPH5207 runs in Semester 1 at Alfred Hospital.
Does MPH5207 have an exam?
No. MPH5207 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.